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How to Set Up a Fixture to Work with the Strobe Controller
The Strobe Controller found on the bottom right of the screen, Shown below, allows for the strobing of all, or selected fixtures from either the playback or the Programming Screen. To set up a fixture to work with the strobe controller follow the ...
How Do I Create and Edit a LED Color Effect in Disco
Disco Lighting Controller has a quick and easy way to apply RGB effects to a set of LEDs. We use the RGB editor to create new presets, and we use the RGB FX tab to apply these affects to our fixtures and create Sequence Buttons. The RGB FX simply ...
How to Create a Preset Button in Disco
Position Presets allow the user to create presets that can be embedded into sequence buttons. This allows for quicker programming once the presets have been set up. The actual preset gets embedded into the sequence, so any changes to the Preset will ...
How to create a Position Preset in Disco
Position Presets allow the user to create presets that can be embedded into sequence buttons. This allows for quicker programming once the presets have been set up. The actual preset gets embedded into the sequence, so any changes to the Preset will ...
How to Create My Own Fixture Groups in Disco
Creating fixture groups allows the quick selection of fixtures groups that are created by the user. When a fixture is loaded that fixture type group, odds, and evens is automatically created. Groups can include any of the fixtures patched, so the ...
How to Password Protect My Show so it Cannot be Altered
At times the show currently on the computer needs to be protected from being altered or modified by in-experienced users to ensure the stability of the install. This can be accomplished by locking any modifications to the show by placing the Disco ...
How to Move or Make a Copy of a Button From Pages or on a Page in Disco
There are two options when copying or moving a button. We can create a copy of the button on the same page or move the current button to a another page. Select the Move/Copy Button Option. The dialog below will appear. The button on the left "Page 1" ...
How do I 'Fan' My Fixtures in Disco
Fanning fixtures is a common feature found in modern lighting consoles to evenly move a group of fixtures in separate directions. In Disco we have a simple method to 'Fan' Fixtures following the steps below. Fixtures can only be fanned if they are ...
Using The Shape Generator to Create a Movement Shape in Disco
Creating a moving look or a set of looks that play one after the other is covered in this section. This section will give instructions on how to program a sequence button to play a sequence of looks. The first step we need to take when creating ...
How to Remove a Fixture in Disco
There may be times when a fixtures needs to be removed from an existing show. First right click on the fixture to be removed and select the remove fixture option as show below. This will remove the fixture and refresh all presets to work correctly ...
How to Create Your Own Fixture Profile in Disco
Sometimes it is necessary to create your own fixture profile, this section will take you step by step on completing this task. To start the Fixture Profile Creator go to the toolbar and select the create New Fixture Profile Option from the Fixture ...
How to Print a List of Patched Fixtures so I Can Address Them in Disco
For some installs and setups, the person programming the show will not be the one addressing them, in that case we can give a patch list showing fixture names, staring address etc, to the installer to set the fixture addresses when they are ...
How to Move a Fixture to a Different View to Help Organize Fixture Selection
Fixtures can be placed in multiple views to organize and arrange fixture layout. We can use views to separate fixtures and organize fixture selection and programming. First we need to create a new view to move the fixture to. On the 'View 1' button ...
How to Find the Starting Address of a Patched Fixture
On the Disco interface go to the top of the screen and select 'Programming Mode' Button. You Should see the a screen display similar to the one below. Right Click on the first fixture you would like to set the address to and select ' View Fixture Dip ...
Using the Timeline Button in Disco
TimeLine Buttons allows the user to create a button that will run a set of button automatically as well as play a video or music. The Timeline scheduler allows the user to program events to be triggered by the video or music time code. This is ...
Using Auto Pilot Button in Disco
Auto Pilot Buttons allows the user to create a button that gives the illusion that a live person is controlling the light show to the tempo of the music or switch to the next button every interval of time. The Auto Pilot Button contains a list of ...
Using the Multi Button in Disco
Multi Buttons allows for the recall of several Sequence Buttons with One Press. This typy of button is useful when several separate looks for different fixtures need to be recalled at the same time. For instance, The user can create LED look button, ...
How to use the Sequence Button in Disco
A Sequence Button Simply allows the user to recall a Sequence or Look and play it back. Sequence Buttons work in two modes. Stack mode or Release Mode. Button Operation modes can be changed from the button mode option on the bottom of each button ...
Create a Moving Look Sequence Button in Disco
Creating a moving look or a set of looks that play one after the other is covered in this section. This section will give instructions on how to program a sequence button to play a sequence of looks. 1. The first step we need to take when creating ...
Create a 'Static Look' Sequence Button in Disco
A common situation we run into is the need to create a still look for a set of lights. This is useful in creating still looks on stages or turning lasers or other special effects lights to a certain look. Described below are the steps we need to ...
Create an RGB LED Sequence button Using The Sequence Wizard in Disco
The basic component of a light show in Disco is the Sequence Button. It allows you to create a button that calls a look you programmed and then play multiple buttons at the same time. So this technique allows the user to build the looks for each of ...
Addressing Your Fixtures in Disco
Once all the fixtures have been loaded you must address all fixtures in the DMX chain, in this section we will describe the steps needed to address each fixture. 1. Make sure you have hooked up all the fixtures from one to the other in a DMX chain. ...
Patch or Load Your Fixtures in Disco
Once Disco is installed we need to set up the show to be compatible with your lights show. By default there is a demo show loaded into disco at first startup. We will need to clear this and then take the steps to load your fixtures so we can control ...
Loading the Software for Disco
The first step to working with Disco is to load the Software and drivers for the USB to DMX interface. This can be accomplished by the simple steps below. 1. Make sure the Windows machine is on and the USB to DMX interface is NOT Connected 2. Find ...
Playback with the Enlighten Control Wing.
The Enlighten Control Wing was designed to be as close to the software operation as possible, so most of the Playback operations in the software are duplicated on the control surface. Listed in this section are the few operations that require prior ...
How to Program with the Enlighten Control Wing
The Enlighten Control Wing was designed to be as close to the software operation as possible, so most of the programing operations in the software are duplicated on the control surface. Listed in this section are the few operations that require prior ...
How to Assign Buttons and Faders to the Wing in Enlighten
The Faders on the Enlighten Control can be assigned in two different ways: Button Group Mode and Button Mode. In Button Group Mode the faders will get assigned automatically to the correcesponding button group faders. For an explanation on button ...
How to Install and Configure the Wing to Work with Enlighten
Make sure the control wing is connected to the pc with the supplied USB cable and the Control wing has the Power adaptor Plugged in to the back of the wing. WHen the control wing is connected and recognized by Windows, the blue Line Below the ...
How to Insert .3DS Objects Into the 3D Visualized in Enlighten
The 3D visualizer also allows for the importation of .3DS files. These files contain 3D data and are used to represent 3D models in the visualizer. This can be useful if you would like to visualize the stage, trussing, and furniture in a room. To ...
How to Move Fixtures in the 3D Room In Enlighten
The 3d Visualizer is meant to give the user a general idea of what the room and lighting may look like. It is not meant to replace high end visualizers. The initial setup of the fixture positions can easily be accomplished using the fixture layout ...
How Do I Create and Edit a LED Color Effect in Enlighten
Enlighten Lighting Controller has a quick and easy way to apply RGB effects to a set of LEDs. We use the RGB editor to create new presets, and we use the RGB FX tab to apply these affects to our fixtures and create Sequence Buttons. The RGB FX simply ...
How to Backup my Current Show or Move My Show Files to Another Computer
Backing up a show onto removable media is a very important step to saving all the work that goes into patching and setting up a show. Fortunately backup and restore using Enlighten is a quick and simple task. Lets go through the steps. To backup or ...
How to Trigger a Button from a MIDI Command in Enlighten
All Sequence Buttons on every page can be assigned a MIDI Command shortcut. Page buttons can also be assigned a MIDI shortcut. This can allow the user to use a MIDI Controller to run the light show instead of using a mouse. We must first make sure to ...
How to Trigger a Button From a Keyboard Shortcut
All Sequence Buttons on every page can be assigned a keyboard shortcut. Page buttons can also be assigned a keyboard shortcut. This can allow the user to press keyboard keys to run the light show instead of using a mouse. Note: there is One universal ...
How to Release or Stop all Buttons on a Page or All Pages In Enlighten
There are several ways in Enlighten that allows us to clear all buttons playing or to clear a particular playback. Remember that each Sequence button Pressed or active is running on a playback, with the same name as the Sequence Button. The Playback ...
How to Change Color or Gobo of a Fixture While a Sequence Button is Running
Changing fixture attributes while a show is running is sometimes necessary to achieve the look we want on stage, and needs to be done Live. To alter any color, gobo, etc, while a show is running live is a simple process. We will list the steps below. ...
How to Spotlight an Area While the Other Lights Continue Moving
Another technique used if we are running a show live and need to set a fixture in a certain position or look without affecting the rest of the light show is placing the fixture in 'Solo' mode. To do this select the fixture to place in Solo mode and ...
How to Light up a Certain Area and Lock That Button Not to Change
A Sequence Button can be locked so that the Sequence activated by the button will not be overridden or change. This can be used to light up any are, with any of the patched lights, and to ensure they will not change no matter what other Sequences ...
How to Control a Sequence Button with a Sub Master.
A common situation in a theater or stage environment is the need to use sub masters and go buttons to recall and navigate scenes on the stage. Enlighten allows the user to build each scene one at a time as buttons and then navigate or cross fade to ...
How to Create a Conventional Cue List with Manual Trigger in Enlighten
TimeLine Buttons allows the user to create a button that can act as a standard cue list. Using the timeline scheduler will not allow for manual cross fades, changing cross fade times, or controlling sub masters, to do this please use the Button ...
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